--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I often wish I'd got on better with your…" description: "\"“I often wish I'd got on better with your father,' he said. But he never liked anyone who--our friends,' said Clarissa; and could have bitten her tongu..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/virginia-woolf-49_beautiful_i-often-wish-i-d-got-on-better-with-your_2589894.jpg" --- # I often wish I'd got on better with your father,' he said… ![“I often wish I'd got on better with your father,' he said. But he never liked anyone who--our friends,' said Clarissa; and could have bitten her tongue for thus reminding Peter that he had wanted to marry her. Of course I did, thought Peter; it almost broke my heart too, he thought; and was…” quote by Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/virginia-woolf-49_beautiful_i-often-wish-i-d-got-on-better-with-your_2589894.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/virginia-woolf-49_beautiful_i-often-wish-i-d-got-on-better-with-your_2589894.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/virginia-woolf-49_beautiful_i-often-wish-i-d-got-on-better-with-your_2589894.jpg) > ““I often wish I'd got on better with your father,' he said. But he never liked anyone who--our friends,' said Clarissa; and could have bitten her tongue for thus reminding Peter that he had wanted to marry her. Of course I did, thought Peter; it almost broke my heart too, he thought; and was overcome with his own grief, which rose like a moon looked at from a terrace, ghastly beautiful with light from the sunken day. I was more unhappy than I've ever been since, he thought. And as if in truth he were sitting there on the terrace he edged a little towards Clarissa; put his hand out; raised it; let it fall. There above them it hung, that moon. She too seemed to be sitting with him on the terrace, in the moonlight.”” [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A tangled emotional scene reveals longing, grief, and fleeting connection under moonlit contemplation. **In simple terms:** Complex feelings surface during a night scene. Key Takeaway Acknowledge fleeting emotions. Themes love grief memory moonlight Mood melancholic poetic Type literary philosophical When to use this quote - romantic encounters - family gatherings - night reflections - artistic creation Key Concepts Existential longing interpersonal dynamics Questions to Reflect On - What does the moon symbolize for you? - How do unspoken feelings shape relationships? 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